Makkala Sainya

Makkala Sainya
Poster of Mazhalai Pattalam
Directed by	Lakshmi
Written by	Visu (Tamil dialogues) D. Rajendra Babu (Kannada dialogues)
Produced by	P. R. Govindaraj B. Doreswamy
Starring	Vishnuvardhan Sumithra Shivaram Poornam Vishwanathan
Cinematography	N. Balakrishnan R. Raghunatha Reddy
Edited by	N. R. Kittu
Music by	M. S. Vishwanathan
Production company	Kalaikoodam
Release date	1980 (1980)
Running time	130 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Kannada Tamil

Makkala Sainya in Kannada, Mazhalai Pattalam (transl. Group of Children) in Tamil is a bilingual Indian children's film, directed by actress Lakshmi under the supervision of K. Balachander. This was the only film directed by Lakshmi so far. It stars Vishnuvardhan and Sumithra in the lead. The story is based on the 1968 movie Yours, Mine and Ours. The film was remade in Telugu as Ramadandu with Murali Mohan.

Cast

• Vishnuvardhan (voice dubbed by Delhi Ganesh in Tamil version)
• Sumithra

Soundtrack

Soundtrack was composed by M. S. Viswanathan. The song "Gowri Manohariyai Kanden" is based on Gowri Manohari raga. The song was named after Gowri Manohar, character from the film.

Tamil version

Track Title	Singer(s)
Enga Pillai	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Gowri Manohari	Vani Jairam, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Gumthalakkadi Gumma	Vani Jairam
Thallu Model Vandi	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam

Kannada version

Track Title	Lyricist	Singer(s)
Mutthinantha Makkalamma	R. N. Jayagopal	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Thallo Model		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
Gowrimanohari Kande		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Henne Ninna		S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Vani Jairam
Dhimma Thakka Dhimmi		Vani Jairam